Rehearsal information for
Messiah and more!
Rehearsal Plans |
Rehearsal Schedule |
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5
6:45 optional rehearsal for Soprano/Alto Ave Maria 7:00-9:30 work through all of second half + Hallelujah and His Yoke is Easy Friendly reminder: in order to deliver professional-quality performances, singers are expected to work on their music outside of rehearsal. Thank you. ***All practice tracks are listed below. SCORE MARKINGS FOR MESSIAH We will use the same markings that many of you already have from the 2015 performance with Mastersingers. Clyde has graciously shared these markings with me, and you can access them HERE. If you are missing any music, you can view PDF scores HERE. Practice linksBogoroditse Devo
Practice tracks More practice tracks Pronunciation Full recording Ave Maria (SSSAAA) Practice tracks Full recording The First Nowell Full recording Angels We Have Heard on High Full recording Ring Out Ye Bells Full recording Not One Sparrow Full recording This Christmastide Full recording A Basque Carol Full recording *The recording is too fast, so here's a workaround: click the "gear" (settings) at the bottom right of the player, then choose "playback speed" and set to .75. (Thanks for the tip, Robert!) |
Monday, December 5 - rehearsal, 7:00-9:30
Thursday, December 8 - rehearsal, 7:00-10:00 at Trinity Saturday, December 10 Dress rehearsal, 9:00am-12:00pm at The Tower Theatre Saturday, December 10 Performance, 7:00pm at The Tower Theatre Sunday, December 11 Performance, 2:00pm at The Tower Theatre Sunday, December 11 Performance, 7:00pm at The Tower Theatre Some tips for melismas Program (tentative)FIRST HALF
Messiah, Part the First SECOND HALF A Basque Carol O Holy Night Three Settings of Ave Maria TTBB Ave Maria (Arcadelt) SSSAAA Ave Maria (MacIntyre) Bogoroditse Devo String medley The First Nowell Angels We Have Heard on High Ring Out Ye Bells This Christmastide Not One Sparrow Hallelujah Chorus |
Messiah "song list"
1 - Orchestra - Sinfonia 2 - Solo- Comfort ye 3 - Solo - Ev'ry valley shall be exalted 4 - Chorus - And the glory of the Lord 5 - Solo- Thus saith the Lord of Hosts 6 - Solo - But who may abide 7 - Chorus - And he shall purify 8 - Solo - Behold a virgin shall conceive 9 - Solo/Chorus - O thou that tellest 10 - Solo - For behold, darkness shall cover 11 - Solo - The people that walked in darkness 12 - Chorus - For unto us a child is born 13 - Orchestra - Pifa 14 - Solo - There were shepherds abiding 15 - Solo - And the angel said unto them 16 - Solo - And suddenly there was with the angel 17 - Chorus - Glory to God 18 - Solo - Rejoice greatly 19 - Solo - Then shall the eyes of the blind 20 - Solo - He shall feed his flock 21 - Chorus - His yoke is easy 44 - Chorus - Hallelujah (from part 2) Third Party Rehearsal Tools for Messiah
Click your voice part below to visit the Chord Perfect YouTube playlist; these videos include a scrolling score. You can also find tracks on the Chord Perfect website HERE. RehearsalTracks.net - CLICK HERE to go to Aaron Giles’ free rehearsal tracks for Messiah
Cyberbass - CLICK HERE to go to Messiah on Cyberbass |
Messiah reference tracks |
December 2022 - Chorus Roster
Standard voicing |
Soprano 1
Emily Boynton Sara Fallico Andrea Hendrickson Stephanie Hutto Leanna Leyes Heather Reichert |
Soprano 2
Sarah Flagg Suzanne Gainey Cathy Hendricks Shelley Maurice-Maier Gina Rosbrook Marilyn Sterbick McKennah Thornton |
Alto 1
Judy Corwin Stefanie de Gruyter Lisa Flexner Valerie Pitts Carol Rossio Bevalee Runner Kristine Ruud Summer Sears |
Alto 2
Emma Benson Susan Butler Dawn Cheney Sally Graeber Sue Peringer Jan Tuckerman Jennifer Will |
Tenor 1
Dustin Jorgensen John Lawson Tom Moore Sandy Ringer Jonathan Short Gwynn Villegas |
Tenor 2
Locke Anderson Bob Hutson Steven Runner Brandon Salas Scott Schroeder |
Bass 1
Scott Abrams Paul Andrews Ben Cheney Robert Guzzo Bryan Senner |
Bass 2
Stephen Simmonds Robert Anderson Bruce Jessup Richard Llewellyn Jon Thompson |
Messiah voicing
Soprano
Emily Boynton Dawn Cheney Stefanie de Gruyter Sara Fallico Sarah Flagg Suzanne Gainey Cathy Hendricks Andrea Hendrickson Stephanie Hutto Leanna Leyes Heather Reichert Gina Rosbrook Marilyn Sterbick McKennah Thornton |
Alto
Emma Benson Susan Butler Judy Corwin Lisa Flexner Sally Graeber Shelley Maurice-Maier Sue Peringer Valerie Pitts Carol Rossio Bevalee Runner Kristine Ruud Summer Sears Jo Ann Thompson Jan Tuckerman Jennifer Will |
Tenor
Locke Anderson Bob Hutson Dustin Jorgensen John Lawson Tom Moore Sandy Ringer Steven Runner Brandon Salas Scott Schroeder Jonathan Short Gwynn Villegas |
Bass
Scott Abrams Robert Anderson Paul Andrews Ben Cheney Robert Guzzo Bruce Jessup Richard Llewellyn Bryan Senner Stephen Simmonds Jon Thompson |
Ave Maria - SSSAAA voicing
Soprano 1
Emily Boynton Andrea Hendrickson Heather Reichert |
Soprano 2
Suzanne Gainey Cathy Hendricks Leanna Leyes Gina Rosbrook |
Soprano 3
Sara Fallico Stephanie Hutto Shelley Maurice-Maier Marilyn Sterbick McKennah Thornton |
Alto 1
Judy Corwin Stefanie de Gruyter Sarah Flagg Lisa Flexner Bevalee Runner Kristine Ruud |
Alto 2
Emma Benson Dawn Cheney Valerie Pitts Carol Rossio Summer Sears Jo Ann Thompson |
Alto 3
Susan Butler Joie Cook Sally Graeber Sue Peringer Jan Tuckerman Jennifer Will |